Etymology

equaliser

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English equalise ← Middle English equal ← Latin aequālis
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  1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  2. Old Latinaiquos
  3. Latinaequus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. Latinaequālis
  7. Middle Englishequal
  8. Englishequal
  9. Englishequalise
  10. English todayequaliser

From equalise + -er.

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